Re: Connecting an Apple ][e to a Mac

[jimw@vosaic.com (Jim Wong)]

In article <6774gk$2ks$1@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:
> 
>    TCP/IP is a *far* better protocol overall than Appletalk, doesn't
> require specific hardware, and doesn't require Apple to write
> everything you use. And with Apple not giving Apple II folks anything
> since 1993 or so, that not being dependent on 1 source is a darn
> useful thing. But, hey, if you're so blinded you automatically
> distrust anything without a fruity stamp of approval on the software,
> I guess that's your loss.

AppleTalk is a different protocol, designed for a different set of needs
than TCP/IP.  What's more, it doesn't require specific hardware: you can
run AppleTalk over ethernet, LocalTalk or dialup connections without
difficulty.

Now, if you want to claim that TCP/IP embodies a more farsighted, scalable
design than AppleTalk, I certainly won't argue with you.  But AppleTalk
serves the applications for which it was designed pretty well, and
provides a remarkable degree of user-level simplicity.

-- 
Jim Wong (jimw@vosaic.com)